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The Harvest Time Project: A Tribute to Pharoah Sanders
Once, John Coltrane described himself, Pharaoh Sanders, and Albert Ayler as ‘the father, the son, and the holy ghost’. Throughout his decade-spanning career though, Sanders often embodied...
Pharoah Sanders
Pharoah Sanders isn't just one of the biggest jazz icons to ever set foot on a stage. In many ways, he transcends jazz music's conventions like few others. His employment of the tenor sax is unequaled...
Tomoki Sanders
Studying percussions and clarinet since very young, at age of 10 Tomoki Sanders was gifted a saxophone by their father Pharoah. Since then, tenor sax became Tomoki’s primary instrument, making t...
Promises: Through Congress
‘Promises: Through Congress’ explores visual artist Julie Mehretu’s painting Congress (2003) and the 2021 album by electronic composer and musician Floating Points, jazz titan Pharoa...
Linda Sharrock
Renowned for her work with guitarist Sonny Sharrock in the 60s and 70s, Linda Sharrock has become a leading light in the world of experimental jazz and avant-garde. Her vocal delivery is a hallmark of...
Sons of Kemet XL
With Sons of Kemet, sax wizard Shabaka Hutchings takes cues from Afro-Caribbean carnival to contemporary UK grime and hip hop. This is music played with punk drive, the immediacy of club music and rid...
Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids
In the early 70’s, free-jazz evangelists Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids sprung from the tutelage of the great Cecil Taylor. Drawing furthermore from the vast cosmos of Fela Kuti, Pharaoh Sand...
Le Guess Who? pays tribute to Pharoah Sanders with world premiere of The Harvest Time Project
Following the release of our initial line-up for 2023, and our Special Projects, we now announces the world premiere of The Harvest Time Project: A Tribute to Pharoah Sanders, which celebrates the legacy of Pharoah Sanders and his seminal composition, Harvest Time (1977). The Harvest Time Project is an ever-evolving concert which will ha...
Luaka Bop releases reissue of Pharoah Sanders' 1977 album 'Pharoah'
Released with Pharoah Sanders’ blessing, Luaka Bop now presents the definitive, remastered version of Pharoah, the trailblazing saxophonist’s seminal record from 1977. Misunderstood upon its release, the album has long been a holy grail and has been bootlegged for years. Featuring two previously unreleased live performances...
3 Pharoah Sanders LP reissues coming November 10
Anthology Recordings announces the reissue of 3 of Pharoah Sanders' significant albums: 'Tauhid', 'Jewels of Thought' and 'Summun Bukmun Umyun (Deaf Dumb Blind)'. The records are available exclusively...
Listen: An introduction to Pharoah Sanders in 11 Astral Cuts
Pharoah Sanders eagerly bleeds jazz traditions out into the spiritual realms of gospel, soul, African folk and R&B, influencing artists as diverse as The Stooges, Marvin Gaye and Sun Ra (who coine...
Photo series: The Harvest Time Project at LGW23 by Juri Hiensch
As one of the special projects of Le Guess Who? 2023, the festival celebrated the legacy of spiritual jazz icon Pharoah Sanders and his seminal composition, Harvest Time (1977). During the closing day of the festival, The Harvest Time Project: A Tribute to Pharoah Sanders brought together Irreversible Entanglements, Domenico Lancellotti,...
Get to know Pharoah Sanders through 5 essential collaborations
"Trane was the Father, Pharoah was the Son, I am the Holy Ghost,” the avant garde saxophonist Albert Ayler famously decreed, suggesting that John Coltrane, Alyer, and Sanders were tied together,...
Read: How Pharoah Sanders Brought Jazz to Its Spiritual Peak with His Impulse! Albums
Revisit a beautiful feature by Red Bull Music Academy on jazz icon Pharoah Sanders; about spirituality, the origins of his highly influential Impluse! records, and Sun Ra, who provided him the mo...
Why you should experience Pharoah Sanders live at LGW17, according to Greg Fox
Greg Fox: "I got to know Pharoah Sanders music at first mostly from listening to John and Alice Coltrane recordings. his playing on 'Journey in Sitchananda' is especially influential for me, the way...
Why you should experience Pharoah Sanders live at LGW17, according to Fhloston Paradigm
Fhloston Paradigm aka King Britt: "My parents were collectors and my mother was exposing me to more spiritual jazz as a kid. I heard music he did with Don Cherry & Sun Ra first. Opened up sonic p...
Pharoah Sanders & Peter Brötzmann featured in Pitchfork's Best Albums of the 1960s
Pitchfork have just published their list of best albums of the 1960s - no less than 200 choices, that include jazz icon Pharoah Sanders' influential and cosmic 'Karma', as well as The Peter Brötz...
The 17 favorite performances of LGW17, as chosen by you
Every year in our visitors survey right after the festival, we ask you what your favorite performance of the festival. Below are your 17 choices of Le Guess Who? 2017. We're pleased to also share the...
Read: The Quietus guides you through the music of Linda Sharrock
"Abstracting gospel, folk and blues roots, Sharrock did with the voice what John Coltrane, Albert Ayler, and Pharoah Sanders did with the saxophone: pushing beyond their natural range to find ecstatic...
Explore James Holden's curated program for Le Guess Who? 2017
(Artwork by Raimund Wong) Playing live following ‘The Inheritors’ was a complete new experience for James Holden; improvising with live drums, sax and synths opened a new world for Holden...
James Holden announces new album, shares first track 'Pass Through the Fire'
Electronic explorer James Holden has just announced his new album 'The Animal Spirits', to be released 3 November via his own Border Community label. The album follows 2013's acclaimed The Inheritors....
Le Guess Who? included in Pitchfork Festival Guide
Le Guess Who? 2017 is included in Pitchfork's new Guide to Upcoming Festivals. Their lineup highlights, besides our curators, are Pharoah Sanders, James Holden, Sun Kil Moon,...
Stream Shabazz Palaces' 2 new 'Quazarz'-albums
Hip hop futurists Shabazz Palaces are one of our curators for Le Guess Who? 2017, and have invited a.o. jazz legend Pharoah Sanders, OCnotes, and Natasha Kmeto. Before november though, they are releas...
Re/Fresh: a weekly updated playlist with new music from former LGW artists & performers
Besides our Infectious Grooves playlist with weekly inspirations both new and old, we're now launching Re/Fresh: a weekly updated playlist with a selection of new music from artists who performed at previous Le Guess Who? editions. Currently featured in Re/Fresh: former festival curators Julia Holter, Devendra Banhart and Patrick H...
Listen to 'Space 1.8', Caribbean-Belgian composer & harpist Nala Sinephro's cathartic debut album for Warp Records
Nala Sinephro is a composer, producer, and musician of Caribbean and Belgian origin, whose music is a blend of jazz, folk, field recordings, and meditative sounds. She recently released her debut album 'Space 1.8' via Warp Records. Hailed as 'Best New Music' by Pitchfork, the outlet describes the album as "a benchmark in ambient jazz feat...
Le Guess Who? presents 'The Big Playback', a podcast about all things music; first episode out now
Le Guess Who? presents ‘The Big Playback’, a conversational, in-depth podcast about all things music. In ‘The Big Playback’, host Margaret Munchheimer talks to musicians, scholars, record label owners, and music managers and delves into different topics exploring individual and collective musical experiences. You c...
Listen: Sons of Kemet release new album on Impulse!
In March 2018, Shabaka Hutchings and his comrades of Sons of Kemet released their new LP ‘Your Queen Is A Reptile’ on the prestigious Impulse! label, known for jazz greats like John Coltra...
The Quietus premieres recordings of Linda Sharrock live at LGW17
Expressive jazz singer Linda Sharrock performed live at Le Guess Who? 2017, as part of the program curated by Jerusalem In My Heart. Now, The Quietus premieres the recordings of the performance, featu...
Interview: Kane Strang go crate-digging at the World's Largest Record Fair during LGW17
The Line Of Best Fit interview Kane Strang, on 3 albums he would be crate-digging for at the World's Biggest Record Fair, happening in Utrecht during Le Guess Who? 2017. Read in fu...
Interview: Jesca Hoop goes crate-digging at the World's Largest Record Fair during LGW17
The Line Of Best Fit interview Jesca Hoop, on 3 albums she would be crate-digging for at the World's Biggest Record Fair, happening in Utrecht during Le Guess Who? 2017. Read in fu...
Listen: James Holden's brand new album 'The Animal Spirits' is out now
Today, James Holden & The Animal Spirits release their brand new album. Built around Holden's modulair synths, it is inspired by spiritual jazz and Moroccan Gnawa: "Legendary jazz band leaders&nbs...
Rabit's new album 'Les Fleurs Du Mal' is out today
Rabit just finished his work for Björk's new album, but is now also releasing his own. 'Les Fleurs Du Mal' is out now: a record that features collaborations with Chino Amobi and Elysia Crampton....
Interview: Dälek go crate-digging at the World's Largest Record Fair during LGW17
The Line Of Best Fit interview Dälek's Will Brooks, on 3 albums he'd be crate-digging for at the World's Biggest Record Fair, happening in Utrecht during Le Guess Who? 2017. R...
Exclusive: listen to Fhloston Paradigm's unreleased track '...THE MOON', feat. Heru Shabaka-Ra
Following this year's highly acclaimed and healing album AFTER..., Fhloston Paradigm aka King Britt gave us this unreleased track before his live solo set at Le Guess Who? 2017. '...THE MOON' feature...
Re-watch Farida Mohammed Ali perform on Vrije Geluiden TV
Last weekend, Farida Mohammed Ali performed on Dutch national television during Vrije Geluiden. The Iraqi singer is dubbed 'The Mother of All Maqam', as she's a master in 'Maqam al Iraqi': a...
Listen to Den Sorte Skole's Mixtape for Le Guess Who? 2017
Denmark's Den Sorte Skole create magical, musical storytelling across time and space. For Le Guess Who? 2017, the duo have put together a special mixtape with artists performing at the festival. Liste...
METZ share new video for 'Drained Lake' from their latest album
Last month, METZ brought out their third record 'Strange Peace'. Now, just before their tour kicks off, the band share a new video for 'Drained Lake'. Frontman Alex Edkins explains the song as "t...
Listen to two versions of Kevin Morby's new song 'Baltimore'
Kevin Morby's latest albums 'Singing Saw' and 'City Music' were two companion pieces. Now, the songwriter releases two versions of his new song 'Baltimore'. 'Baltimore (Sky At Night)' was written...
Watch: Ex-Easter Island Head shares new video for 'Sixteen Snares'
UK-based musical collective Ex-Easter Island Head utilize horizontally-laid electric guitars and bass, developing their own distinctive musical language, eschewing digital processing and effects for a...
Listen to Ben Frost's 'Selections' playlist for Crack Magazine
As a preview for his performance at Le Guess Who? 2017, Ben Frost has put together a 'Selections' playlist for Crack Magazine. As we wrote in his festival biography: "Ben Frost’s interests are a...
Watch Shabazz Palaces' Tiny Desk Concert for NPR
Seattle-based hip hop voyagers Shabazz Palaces produce transcendental albums from an intuitive frame of mind. Following the release of their two new 'Quazarz'-albums, Ishmael Butler, Tendai Marai...
Watch a full live performance by Kevin Morby via KEXP
KEXP have captured a full live performance by Kevin Morby last August at The Triple Door in Seattle, and now shares the footage, featuring a lot of songs from Morby's latest album 'City Music'. W...
Listen to John Maus' latest track 'Teenage Witch'
Avant-pop maestro John Maus announced his new album 'Screen Memories' late August, and now, he shares the new track 'Teenage Witch' from the album. Watch the video below, featuring footage of a very y...
Read: 'A Somewhat Comprehensive Guide to Sun Ra’s Cosmic Jazz'
The legendary Sun Ra Arkestra isn’t so much an ensemble as it is an ideology passed on from generation to generation. Vulture has created an extensive guide to Sun Ra, highlighting various perio...
Interview: Zeal & Ardor go crate-digging at the World's Largest Record Fair during LGW17
The Line Of Best Fit interview Zeal & Ardor, on 3 albums they would be crate-digging for at the World's Biggest Record Fair, happening in Utrecht during Le Guess Who? 2017. Fea...
Read: "The Cosmic Consciousness of Shabazz Palaces’ Ishmael Butler"
Bandcamp Daily interviews Shabazz Palaces’ Ishmael Butler about his ambitious body of work; "how he blends the concrete sensibilities of hip-hop with the outermost regions of space, and why...
Rabit announces new album 'Les Fleurs du Mal' + shares first single
Houston producer Erik Burton aka Rabit just announced his second album 'Les Fleurs du Mal'. The record features vocals from Cecilia and Chino Amobi, whom Burton also collaborated with earlie...
Listen: Pan African Music premieres the recordings of Les Filles de Illighadad at Le Guess Who? 2016
In collaboration with Vrije Geluiden, we recorded one of the performances of Niger's Les Filles de Illighadad at Le Guess Who? 2016. Pan African Music now premieres these recordings, ahead of the rele...
Stream Ben Frost's new album 'The Centre Cannot Hold' in full now
Ben Frost's new album, produced by Steve Albini, is out now, and you can listen to it in full below. In his biography for Le Guess Who? 2017, we described his music as a 'huge, piercing sound: gr...
Read: The Quietus interviews Klein about her new EP and the intensity of her music
In a new interview with The Quietus, UK producer Klein discusses being a woman and a producer, and 'Tommy'; her new EP for Hyperdub. Stream a track below, and read the interview here. "Live sho...
Watch: Mario Batkovic performs on the beach at Into The Great Wide Open
Earlier this month, Bosnian accordion virtuoso Mario Batkovic performed at Into The Great Wide Open on Vlieland. Vrije Geluiden was there to capture a session with Batkovic on the beach. Watch below.&...
Watch Natasha Kmeto's Unpeeled session of 'Pour Down'
Natasha Kmeto is a composer, producer, singer and performer from Portland, OR. Stylistically she explores the lines intersected by RnB, soul, and dance music, built using an electronic toolkit de...
Ben Frost shares 'Ionia' from new album 'The Centre Cannot Hold'
Today, Ben Frost shares a new track of his upcoming album 'The Centre Cannot Hold', which will be released september 29th via MUTE. Listen to 'Ionia' here - it follows the release of the title tr...
Read: Alice Coltrane’s Spirit Lives on Through the Sai Anantam Ashram Singers
In a recent interview with Noisey, the Sai Anantam Ashram Singers reflect on the inspiring and influential Alice Coltrane: "I hadn't really realized what an inventive music it was, and how special it...
Watch a video portrait of jazz trailblazer Shabaka Hutchings
British jazz stalwart Shabaka Hutchings has worked with Sun Ra Arkestra and Mulatu Astatke in the past, and is currently involved in three of his own projects: The Comet is Coming (who performed at Le...
Stream Kevin Morby's new album + read an interview with Under the Radar
Songwriter Kevin Morby released his fourth album 'City Music' this summer, and now, Under the Radar speaks with him about the sonic home of City Music, and how city life influences his music. Rea...
Meet Moroccan Gnawa master Maâlem Houssam Guinia, curated by James Holden for LGW17
Maâlem Houssam Guinia is the son and successor of the late Maâlem Mahmoud Guinia, an emblematic figure in the practice of West-African Gnawa music. Maâlem means 'master musician', an...
Listen: Dälek's new album 'Endangered Philosophies' is now up for streaming
Veteran agitators Dälek have never been ones to stick within the rigid parameters of the hiphop genre, holding the utmost contempt for conservative expectations. The trio just released their new...
John Maus announces new album & shares first single 'The Combine'
Six years after the release of his last album, avant-pop maestro John Maus finally returns. He now announces his new album 'Screen Memories', to be released 17 October via Ribbon. A first taste is giv...
Watch Shabazz Palaces' new video for 'Shine a Light'
Shabazz Palaces two new ‘Quazarz’ releases on Sub Pop mark the hip hop duo's biggest celestial quest yet. Now, Ishmael Butler and Tendai "Baba" Maraire share the video for 'Shine...
Jane Weaver announces new EP 'The Architect'
Following the release of her acclaimed album 'Modern Kosmology' earlier this year, Manchester figurehead Jane Weaver new announces her new EP 'The Architect', featuring the title track (stream be...
Watch: Kevin Morby shares video for 'Downtown Lights'
Kevin Morby wanders through Paris in his new black & white video for 'Downtown Lights' from his latest album 'City Music', released earlier this year. Watch below. "I set out to write a sim...
Ben Frost announces new album 'The Centre Cannot Hold', shares first video
Following the release of new EP 'Threshold of Faith' last week, Australian-born, Iceland-based composer Ben Frost now announces his new album. 'The Centre Cannot Hold' will be released via M...
Listen: OCnotes releases new album 'Doug Morris'
Born Otis Calvin III, OCnotes has been an artist, musician, DJ, author, motivational speaker and vibrant figurehead within Seattle’s music scene since the turn of the decade. He just releas...
Listen to Ben Frost's new EP 'Threshold of Faith', produced by Steve Albini
Icelandic producer and composer Ben Frost is equally influenced by classical minimalism as by punk rock and metal. Frost just released his new EP 'Threshold of Faith', which you can stream n...
Listen: Shabazz Palaces share 3 track from 'Quazarz: Born On A Gangster Star'
Hip hop's free spirits have announced their new concept album 'Quazarz: Born On A Gangster Star', to be released July 14th via Sub Pop. The band have now shared three singles from the album: 'Shi...
Stream Fhloston Paradigm's new album 'After...'
Fhloston Paradigm is one of the many groundbreaking excursions of renowned Philly producer, musician and DJ King Britt. His new album has just been released, entitled 'After...', and featuring collabo...
Listen: Shabazz Palaces share '30 Clip Extension' & 'Julian’s Dream (ode to a bad)'
It seems like Shabazz Palaces has another surprise for you. They'll not release just one new album this year, the previously announced 'Quazarz: Born On A Gangster Star', but yet another album, entitl...
Revealing the first curators & initial line-up
The first curators are announced for the 11th edition of Le Guess Who? 2017, each hosting a range of inspirations and befriended artists, and also performing themselves. Perfume Genius invites a.o. Bu...
Nobody (aka Willis Earl Beal) releases new album 'Turn'
Willis Earl Beal releases his first record under his new moniker Nobody, entitled 'Turn': listen in full below. In a recent interview with Far Out Magazine he said: "On the street, I am known as...
Aquaserge share new album 'Laisse ça être'
France’s Aquaserge shape their own fantastic musical planet, sprouting out lush prog workouts, weirdo pop and meditative dance grooves. The collective now releases their fifth album 'Laisse &cce...
Les Amazones d’Afrique: making a big noise for women in a world run by men
Les Amazones d'Afrique are a gathering of some of the most powerful female voices of West-Africa. These performers use their music as a weapon to address the disempowerment of women across Africa and...
OCnotes: a wildly unpredictable yet razor-sharp sound explorer, curated by Shabazz Palaces
Born in the Southwest of the United States as Otis Calvin III, OCnotes was influenced at an early age by skateboard culture and developed a fascination for cartoons, as well as receiving musical educa...
Irreversible Entanglements announce new album 'Protect Your Light' via Impulse! Records
Free jazz collective Irreversible Entanglements, spearheaded by former LGW curator Moor Mother, met amidst an event protesting police brutality. Since then, they have released three full-length albums, the last being 2021's Open The Gates. Now, the collective add a new offering to their catalogue; their new album Protect Your Light will...
Irreversible Entanglements release new album ‘Protect Your Light’
Irreversible Entanglements, the free jazz collective hailed by NPR as “Perhaps the most thrilling band in jazz right now,” has released their new album Protect Your Light. Released through Impulse! Records, this album marks a significant milestone in the world of experimental jazz. The group is comprised of vocalist Cama...
Launching COSMOS, a new, hybrid platform by Le Guess Who?
As an international festival, Le Guess Who? has always worked with a borderless and boundary-crossing ethos. Now, we further enhance this focus with the launch of COSMOS: a new, hybrid platform that connects the local, physical festival environment with exclusive content that is available for worldwide, online streaming, via cosmos.legues...
"Angel Bat Dawid taps into the root of all black music": Chicago Reader discusses spiritual jazz album 'The Oracle'
At the age of 34, Chicago-based Angel Elmore quit her job selling high-end lingerie and pursued her childhood dream to become a musician. Now, as Angel Bat Dawid, she sings, composes, and plays keyboard and clarinet, which led to the release of her spiritual jazz album 'The Oracle' earlier this year. She recorded it over a period of more...
Listen to Gonzo (circus)' mixtape for LGW17
Gonzo (circus), one of the best in-depth music/culture magazines in The Netherlands & Belgium, has compiled a mixtape for Le Guess Who? 2017, featuring Ben Frost, OCnotes, Surajit D...
Adrian Younge shares KEXP session
For decades, Adrian Younge is a idiosyncratic force in the music world, a self-taught multi-instrumentalist and Emmy Award-winning composer whose artistry transcends boundaries and defies genres, bridging the worlds of soul, funk, and cinematic jazz. Recently, the musician and producer recorded a special session for KEXP. Adrian...
Linda Sharrock - Live at Le Guess Who? 2017
Expressive jazz singer Linda Sharrock live at Le Guess Who? 2017, featuring three improvisational pieces. This performance was curated by Jerusalem In My Heart. About Linda Sharrock: Renowned for her work with guitarist Sonny Sharrock in the 60s and 70s, Linda Sharrock has become a leading light in the world of experimental jazz a...
Le Guess Who? 2017 Press Archive
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